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Purple-crested Slug Moth
Adoneta spinuloides (Herrich-Schaffer, 1854)
Family: Limacodidae
Subfamily:
Identification: Forewing light to dark brown with black feins and median streak. Pm. line white, wavy, expressed only toward costa and inner margin. Hindwing pale grayish brown.
Wing Span: 1.6-2.4 cm.
Life History:
Flight: May-September.
Caterpillar Hosts: Beeches, birches, chestnut, linden, Prunus species, willows, and other trees and shrubs.
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: New Hampshire and Quebec to North Carolina, west to Missouri and Mississippi. Possibly ranges to Florida.
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Comments: NULL

Verified Sightings

Displaying 25 - 48 of 223 verified sightings
Observation date: Jul 08, 2018
Submitted by: woody meristem
Region: Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jun 27, 2019
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Observation date: Jul 02, 2018
Submitted by: Rose A. Payne
Region: Bibb County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Jan 30, 2019
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Observation date: Aug 06, 2018
Submitted by: elopm
Region: Johnson County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Sep 25, 2018
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Observation date: Jun 26, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 06, 2018
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Observation date: Jul 03, 2018
Submitted by: Bkripto
Region: Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 08, 2018
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Observation date: Jul 01, 2016
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Paul Dennehy)
Region: Montour County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Apr 23, 2018
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Observation date: Jul 22, 2017
Submitted by: sedges
Region: Georgia, Stephens County, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap
Verified date: Oct 28, 2017
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Observation date: Jul 16, 2017
Submitted by: Betsy Higgins
Region: Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 12, 2017
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Observation date: Sep 09, 2017
Submitted by: Colin Gillette
Region: Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Sep 10, 2017
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Observation date: Jul 30, 2017
Submitted by: JohnRoosenberg
Region: Albany County, New York, United States
Verified by: Sue Gregoire
Verified date: Jul 31, 2017
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Observation date: Jul 19, 2017
Submitted by: Steven Wilson
Region: Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 19, 2017
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Observation date: Jun 29, 2017
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Howard County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 12, 2017
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Observation date: Jul 10, 2017
Submitted by: Jenny_rhea
Region: Williamson County, Illinois, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 11, 2017
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Observation date: Jul 01, 2017
Submitted by: JeanEvoy
Region: DeSoto County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 03, 2017
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Observation date: Jun 30, 2017
Submitted by: Howell_Curtis
Region: Harrison County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: Howell_Curtis
Verified date: Jun 30, 2017
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Observation date: Aug 11, 2016
Submitted by: Quaker state mothing
Region: Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Oct 30, 2016
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Observation date: Jun 21, 2016
Submitted by: iangardner
Region: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Sep 29, 2016
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Observation date: Sep 11, 2016
Submitted by: Colin Gillette
Region: Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Sep 11, 2016
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Observation date: Jun 25, 2016
Submitted by: johnmiller
Region: Bradley County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: KyhlAustin
Verified date: Aug 22, 2016
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Observation date: Jul 08, 2016
Submitted by: tjrickert
Region: Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 21, 2016
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Observation date: Jul 06, 2016
Submitted by: caw33iii
Region: Wake County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 04, 2016
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Observation date: May 06, 2014
Submitted by: Peter Homann
Region: Leon County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 28, 2016
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Observation date: Jul 08, 2016
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 18, 2016
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Observation date: Jul 10, 2016
Submitted by: digginflowers
Region: Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 11, 2016
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